The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is to visit Sri Lanka and the North-East next week. Arriving on the 14th September, Pillay will off 'advice and techinical assistance', reported the Daily Mirror.
Quoting government officials, PTI reported that Pillay's team would examine resettlement programmes and IDP concerns in the North-East.
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